Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-29

coSs I'D ~hen they hAd mhssu -
strained /, supper was ready. We
always hsi brosa bread 20 eat IN 4. l
never liked vain milk snd !, VS. spoos
supper for me. For breakfast We h.d
soifrs .nd brad and batter. They hsd
a Big opsn Gre place which would ss.'ly
take ia fo.r.f,os wood and Ia this they
used 20 make Via; ne called "s7idvf-
cake, -,tey ~sfe made q wheat ms'l
and ~trs good sholesOne bread bat 'aih
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EIj.h H.mlia. DE-. Bs,husl Cary.
~ho disd up IN Samnei. and o,hsrs ~,rv
Ia my cls,. The young men used 70 20
there IN The Fall and a, themselves o.
keep ,eho.l We bal large schools a
tkoss day, .ad always h.d BIZ eshio'-
ZION =, The eloss Of the term.
Hsbron !. blooming somewhat no'ed
iof n. apple Gro? nov. bat IL ~ssh'i 80
in those day. APPls. we're pr,''!
scarce there thea and the boys had -
work sharp to -; them Elijah Ham
LA u.ed 70 seiec; his Tree sonsshsfv
within . mile Of the Academy aud take
bis pillos.esss AMI 70 IN the niskt and
an L. I've knosn hin TO 70 . mile IN
dark nigh, ~hsa Il %. raining hard
90 an that pillos case -i,h spples Tie
.nd I .l-Ays roonsd together.
old Elder Trip preached At Hebron
ia iho.e day. he Vas . very clever
Old sen,lsrn.n. = very good msa.
O!d Judge Pans. Capt Psui. broth
or asd Albioa X. PARIS father ~ss qll'e
man in iho.s day.. lie lived in Heb
roa. lie w1s JIdge q the Court u
Common Pleas. q, Pan. Hill. he vas
very much q gentleman Ia HI. spPesf-
ancs. and man much respected.
What ~sre ,hs educational advan.
,ss,s offered BY B1ekesld a, TIA, time
Maori
"whsn my father came 20 Baekhsld
they bad 10 ,chool house aud only had
= school li,ils ~ki.e II the Summer.
II was taught Ia chamber ia Unels
Ben Spagldins'. house. The teacher
bad 20 education. She could read =
little. bat she couldn't write . ~ofd
She came from Massachusetts, though.
snl tha, was al the qsaliheAiion nesded.
She used 20 -, ~ boys 10 ~riie her ie'-
ter. 70 her fnsnl' ia M.sssehg'e''' To-
her,"
"Yoa "a, IN business. in Biek6sld Coz
May years. wss you 70,
my father wAs ia trade in Baekhsld
about tweaiy years ard l traded here
About forty two years Father WAS =
very snisrprising man. anbiti0a. 20 -
ahead and DO large business. lie
never saved much money though. but be
70; = gOod living aud educated his chill
trsn. lie ~ss = very dresy mAn. Tie
wore knee brssehe, and slk s,oekirs',
ru..si top boots. Blue brOadelO,h slo'hs.
with brass buiioas. I've heard him say
TIA, The last time that he ~as IN Port
LAID be saw the boys pointing a, hi'
boots from across the street.
When I ven, into trade ne took little
or no mensy. We took oats, beans
peas. butter. ton cloth. aAnnel cloth. &c.
Why | have taken three and half toni
Of butter Ia a single Summer and Fall o.
ten cents = pound. i, VAS hard gs,'in.
sby,hisg oui % IL at TIA, price. W.
used 70 s,t . zig profit on oar soot'
then and tia, helped cut some. 70
one or i~o year. after Ralph Je-si, ans
went into trade together We sold i~en-
iy.ikoussnd dollar. year Of dry goods
We used % have customers from up Al
FAR as Jay. and from over TO Paris Cape
We built VIA, !. called the Loriug store
the year tia, the railroad Was boil, snC
tia, buildiss Coo, Us siiisen handfeC
dollAis The frs, year. ws paid fo' III
store. supported two families. and made
in addition 10 hi. net prChi Of aboa
tweniy-six hundred dollars. and that a.
in enc year. That's the bee, ba'insss
ever did in siagle year. We used q
buy our prints in Boston Zoe about lei
cents /. yard and eel them here Tor I
shilling. and ~e sold = good many O
them too.
Yes, the farmer. sold their pfotue'
cheap and paid high prices. ba, they 90
rich then faster than they do nov
Now there vas Ira Gardner made ,~els'
thousand dollars on the farm where Cy
Dean lives now.
Yes. interest Vas higher then W.
~, twelve per esn,. but the farmers 20
rich then. They worked and that VAS
ut I'll, they calculated well. NJ!
mother used TO say Its = good dee
in calculaiioR'-ard I've found !, 50 II
my experience aud observation. SOM
people viii make money where other
will siarye
When Ralph and we're in trade. Ar
Cushmsn had . little eobblef shop =
West Mino, where he used to take sal
work to make up. understand that b
now employs some six hundred hand
in Auburn and IL building hOeses etc
and Is very fash with money. Ralpt
and made dreadful mistake when VI
qui, the shoe business. We used TO pa
out sale work TO these little door J ard cob
bier shop which you remember were quit
plenty only . fs~ years ago; bu, th'
business didn't pay anything then and
We wen, on, Of Il JUS, the wrong time
I zee that T. 7. Packard Of Auburn IA
rsesnily died. lie vas born in this VII
lsgs in the Parsons house. where Hol'
land lives no~. lie made . great sue
cess In the shoe business. He AnS
Monros were in the business at the sam'
time and in the same way Is Ralph Ans
I. and the very next year AFTER Ne quit
the business came night up. and PsekarS
& Monroe 20, rich. IL Vas great mis-
take tia, ~e gave il up JUS, when VI
did.
Yes. prices we're low for labor then
Carpenters and mechanics worked twelve
hours day and only charged dollar foI
such days work. They used to ge'
rich 1t IL too.
"NOw. Major" said the Democrat rep
resentative. evil you explain, fpossibls
Why IL Vas iha, with low prices for th'
labor Of the mechanic and the produce O
the farmer. add high prices FOR the msr'
rh.,xt.. s,A sarrliss vhich thSv yefl